To Buy or Not to Buy: That is the Question

Partial Nora Roberts Collection

To massacre a phrase from Hamlet’s Soliloquy beyond all earthly recognition, have you ever thought about the factors that influence you to buy a book?

This blog post started off as an analysis of authors whose work I pre-order and auto-buy, but then, looking at my Amazon Cart and seeing so few books there , I started thinking about the topic in greater depth. What alchemic combination of author, genre, length, format, price point, and release timing makes me buy...